How do you make a WPF C# application minimize like Windows 7, when the user presses the minimize button?
Edit
Createde a button that could do this:
WindowState = WindowState.Minimized;
But it minimize instantly and not shrinking to taskbar like when you minimize a folder in windows 7
It will happen by default if you haven't played with the window properties too much in the designer or XAML. So if you haven't changed anything, you don't actually need to do anything to get this to work - assuming you are at least displaying the stuff in a window.
To resize a WPF window in code, please refer to this question:
Minimize a window in WPF?
Related
I'm making a desktop mascot with unity, and I do not want to see the icon appearing on the task bar, I want the icon in the system tray. Is there a way to do this?
PS: This is NOT a windows form (it's a game), so I believe Form.ShowInTaskbar will not work.
I've never programmed in Unity, but I'm assuming you are working in a Windows window. If you make the top level window for the application not appear in the main area of the Taskbar, make the window a "Tool Window" (by setting the WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW extended style on the window), then the window/app will not show up on the taskbar.
I'll leave it to someone how knows enough Unity to tell you how to set that style. Here's a reference to start with (on the Windows side, not the Unity side): Managing Taskbar Buttons
I am writing a small application to automatically rotate through open windows on Windows 7/8.1/10 PC's. I have written the majority of the code and it is working well except I cannot figure out or find out what key presses to use to cycle through open applications.
I have tried SendKeys.Send("%{Tab 2}"); but this seems to only actually press the TAB button once as it keeps switching between the same two windows (even though more are open).
I have tried SendKeys.Send("%+{Esc}"); but this doesn't maximize windows that are minimized to the taskbar. It will effectively cycle through each open windows and bring them into focus (as evident by watching the white semi-transparent overlay on the taskbar item) but it won't show them on screen - I'm assuming because they started minimized. Only the maximized ones will show on screen when it's their turn.
Can anyone please assist? I'm sure it's a simple fix of maximizing the window it cycles to but I'm unsure how to implement this.
I haven't included the code of the entire application as I don't think it is relevant. If you do require it please let me know and I will add it.
Many thanks.
I'm developing C# a WPF application where all windows are hidden/closed by default. I have a system tray Icon (System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon) with a context menu to show/hide the windows. All windows have ShowInTaskbar="False".
The problem is that the startup windows is still visible when I press alt+tab.
If I close the form that has the NotifyIcon my application stops, which I don't want.
I'm looking for a way to hide the windows completely without closing my application.
Any help?
Thanks
Make sure you have BOTH ShowInTaskbar="False" and Visibility="Hidden" set in the XAML and WPF should do this automatically.
The cause is likely you have window state set to minimized instead of visibility set to hidden.
I've created a winforms application. All is running fine, also the taskbar button is created and shown in taskbar including the correct icon.
Whenever I move the form from one display to the second display, the taskbar button stays at the display from where the form was initial start.
I also compared the settings with another winforms application where the behaviour is correct. Means, the button is moving/switching/whatever to the active display where the form is moved to.
Hopefully it is just a small thing, but I came not across with it.
It is an OS feature.
For windows 7 there is no built-in support to show taskbar for your second monitor and your taskbar buttons will always show on first monitor taskbar.
For windows 8 you can open Taskbar properties and in Multiple displays settings, check Show taskbar on all displays and then set the value of Show taskbar bottons on: to Taskbar where window is open
I have a program I want to be able to handle all three states:
Not showing in taskbar, acting just as a widget like the Windows sound, network programs etc
Showing in taskbar - but not Topmost. The window would still show the notification area icon, and should still behave in the same way as #1, but also show the window in the taskbar.
Showing in taskbar with topmost. The window should behave the same as #2, but now the window will show topmost. Note: it should still be capable of being minimised, in the same way that clicking on a taskbar icon minimises a program.
These are my criteria, and I have been working on having them all working nicely together, but I can't seem to get the last few tweaks ironed out. #1 is fine - I have sorted that out easily enough. #2 and #3 cause more issues.
My first question is, how does Windows handle the user clicking on a taskbar icon to get it to minimise/switch back to normal? As I'd prefer to emulate that with #2 and #3.
For #1 I currently hide the window simply by setting Window.Visibility to Visibility.Hidden. And to show the window, call Show() and then Activate().
Like I said, for #2 and #3, I'd like to copy what Windows does when the user clicks on the taskbar icon. Can I do that? Or would I have to find another way to do this?
1- this is called thumbnail buttons
You can check http://elegantcode.com/2010/12/17/wpf-adding-thumbnail-buttons-to-windows-7-task-bar/ OR http://shareourideas.com/2010/12/19/windows-7-taskbar-thumbnail-buttons-in-wpf/ OR http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff699128.aspx
2- there is property called TopMost in the Window class.
3- for the taskbar icon
you can use this library it is easy to use and powerful http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/22876/WPF-Taskbar-Notifier-A-WPF-Taskbar-Notification-Wi
4- to minimize and maximize you can simply use
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;
* that is all the info you need to create your application as you want, if you face any problems read the articles well if the problem still there find where is the problem exactly and ask again.
hope this help...